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Sings the Blues is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone (1933-2003). This was Nina's first album for RCA Records after previously recording for Colpix Records and Philips Records.
Information about songs on this album
"My Man's Gone Now", from the opera Porgy & Bess by George Gershwin.
"Backlash Blues", one of Nina's civil rights songs. The lyrics were written by her friend and poet Langston Hughes.
"I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl", based on a song by Nina's great example, Bessie Smith, but with somewhat different lyrics.
"The House of the Rising Sun", Nina recorded this song earlier in 1962 on Nina At The Village Gate. After its cover by The Animals became a hit she re-recorded it. The fast-pacing version on this album is completely different from the slow, intimate version Nina did earlier on Nina at the Village Gate (1962).
Track listing
01"Do I Move You"
02"Day and Night"
03"In the Dark"
04"Real Real"
05"My Man's Gone Now"
06"Backlash Blues"
07"I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl"
08"Buck"
09"Since I Fell for You"
10"The House of the Rising Sun"
11"Blues for Mama"
Personnel
Tracks 1-12
Nina Simone: vocal, piano
Eric Gale: guitar
Rudy Stevenson: guitar
Ernie Hayes: organ
Bob Bushnell: bass
Bernard Purdie: drums, tympani
Buddy Lucas: harmonica, tenor sax
Track 13
Nina Simone: vocal, piano
Eric Gale: guitar
Everett Barksdale: guitar
Weldon Irvine: organ
Richard Tee: organ
Jerry Jemmott: bass
probably Bernard Purdie: drums
Gordon Powell: vibes, percussion
Montego Joe: percussion
George Devens: percussion
Joe Shepley, Jimmy Nottingham, Harold Johnson, Wilbur Bascomb: trumpets
Jimmy Cleveland, Richard Harris: trombones
Seldon Powell, George Coleman Norris Turney, Haywood Henry: saxophones
Ralph H. Fields, Eileen Gilbert, Jerome Graff, Milt Grayson, Hilda Harris, Noah Hopkins, Maeretha Stewart, Barbara Webb: vocals
Arranged and conducted by Weldon Irvine
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Nina Simone sings her songs with full emotion.
She is real.
Unlike other artists just sying the words, hers flows from her heart and soul.
Only two other different singers I know of do this and that is Sade and Patsy Cline.
StrawberryMoon4 1 year ago
This must be the most beautiful love song I have ever heard! Best voice ever!
moonjes1 2 years ago 2